Social media blamed as Spanish bull-run deaths hit double figures

At least 10 people have been gored to death during bull runs in Spain this summer, with commentators blaming the "abnormal" number of fatalities on social media.

Four more deaths were recorded over the past weekend, including an 18-year-old man and a 33-year-old Spanish politician, The Guardian reports.

José Alberto Peñas López, a Socialist councillor from Traspinedo, north of Madrid, was closely following a bull as it dashed through the final stages of the run when suddenly the animal turned back and charged repeatedly at him.

The 18-year-old man died after being gored in the abdomen, while a 53-year-old spectator was gored six times in Blanca, near Murcia.